Jakartovice

Jakartovice (German: Eckersdorf, Polish: Jakartowice) is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.

Jakartovice consists of four municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census):[2] Jakartovice is located about 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of Opava and 38 km (24 mi) west of Ostrava.

The southern municipal border is formed by the Kružberk Reservoir, built on the Moravice River.

Jakartovice is located on the railway line Opava–Svobodné Heřmanice, but trains run on it only on weekends and holidays during the summer season.

[7] The most valuable buildings are the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, built in the Baroque style in 1755, and the complex of historic buildings in Deštné – the Baroque Deštné Castle from the 18th century (rebuilt from a fortress from 1408) with a park, and the Gothic Church of the Visitation of Our Lady from the second half of the 14th century.

Church of the Visitation of Our Lady